Out of those seven, I pick Carlos Romero for my vote. The positive reason for picking Carlos Romero is he recognizes the proposed new San Mateo County Jail construction project as an idea worth reconsidering.

The Jail construction project is an idea I disapprove of. The jail is a pre-arranged real estate deal to get rid of a hard to move industrial property. The jail is a construction project. The American crime wave peaked back in the 20th century. Slowly and surely moderate numbers of people will be released from prison as drug punishment is scaled back. California jail expenditures have passed certain classes of California educational expenditures; which means the punishment business is now too big.

As a midcoaster, I found I could not vote for any of the candidates for supervisor from any of the three districts. The two running unopposed in their districts have already made (or gone along with) too many decisions or sat on their hands on too many pressing matters (yes, even relative newcomer Pine) damaging to the coastside and other unincorporated areas of San Mateo County. In the competitive district, every candidate favors a deal-breaker (such as the consolidation sledgehammer) or is so glib, trite, and vague as to be without substance one can latch onto.

I’m surprised at the lack of discussion on our local Measure S, the Cabrillo District bond measure. Does no one remember how some of the last bond money (less than half of what would be in the S bond) was misspent and how the availability of the bond money for middle school improvement got us all into a decade of disastrous fighting over the North Wavecrest site? Does no one remember how that last bond measure was sold to voters, with almost exactly the same sob story about needed repairs to buildings and the like?

The lesson from that previous mistake, which I voted for at the time, is that any measure that does not precisely specify where the money will be spent cannot be trusted in this district. The supposed oversight is a joke. Bonds should always be closely examined, anyway, because the interest makes anything they are spent on extremely expensive; but leaving millions of dollars up to the discretion of the kinds of politicized and developer-serving people who have dominated our schools boards for several decades now is senseless. There must be better ways to make thousands of dollars worth of building repairs than setting up an account with tens of millions. No on S was an easy vote for me. A much better written measure might turn that around, and that could be accomplished without approving the current crap-shoot.

@daveolsonmcc wrote: AGENDA for April 27, 2016, Regular Meeting, 7:00 p.m. Special location: Cypress Meadows, 343 Cypress Avenue, Moss Beach Call to Order (7:00 p.m.) — Councilmember self-introductions.1. Report from Board of Supervisors and Other Government Officials 2. Public Comment and Announcements (Members of the public may speak up to three…

@daveolsonmcc wrote: Granada Community Services District, 504 Avenue Alhambra, 3rd Floor, El Granada Call to Order (7:00 p.m.) — Councilmember self-introductions. Board of Supervisors’ Report and Reports from other Government Officials Public Comment and Announcements (Members of the public may speak up to three minutes on any topic not…

@johnohara wrote: Yesterday the Alpaca's were attacked in Montara. A dog got loose from it's owner and jumped the fence and viciously attacked them. I understand two of them were injured.It seems to be a constant problem in our town of dogs getting loose and injuring animals or people. I started a petition in response to an earlier vicious dog attack…

@daveolsonmcc wrote: AGENDA for Midcoast Community Council Special Meeting, Tuesday, March 8, 2016, 7:00 p.m. Special location: Cypress Meadows, 343 Cypress Ave. NOTE: The regular MCC meeting on March 9, 2016 is cancelled. Call to Order (7:00 p.m.) — Councilmember self-introductions. Board of Supervisors’ Report and Reports from other Government…

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This is the petition that Nextdoor censored. It was started after a pair of dogs attacked a small dog named Daisy on Montara State Beach.
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